Cameron Byas, M.A.

Preferred Pronouns: They/Them

Email: cameronbyas@core-chicago.com
Tel: (312) 470-4302 (Chicago)
Tel: (224) 714-2412 (Evanston)

Cameron Byas is pursuing advanced clinical training at CORE. They have a master’s degree in clinical psychology from The Chicago School and are currently a fourth-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Program at this institution. They have also received an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago. Prior to joining CORE, Cameron most recently trained at Center on Halsted where they provided mental health services to the LGBTQIA+ community. They have also trained at Ada S. Mckinley where they conducted psychological evaluations for children and adolescents. As Cameron has spent the last two clinical training years working in community mental health settings, they have grown in their passion for advocacy, support, and connection within marginalized populations.  Cameron works with individuals, couples, and families at CORE.

Cameron has other clinical experiences working in hospital settings along with residential, IOP, and PHP program settings. With such vast experiences across the lifespan and settings, Cameron has worked with a wide range of clinical presentations which includes diagnoses of gender dysphoria, anxiety, depression, trauma-related disorders, eating disorders, and substance use disorders along with personality disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Within the therapeutic space, Cameron is drawn to a relational-styled approach which allows rapport building and deep reflective work to transpire between clinician and client. They typically work within a systems framework as they believe that each person is shaped, influenced, and co-created within the micro and macro systems in the client's environments. Cameron takes a gentle directive approach allowing clients to reflect on their experience with emotions while also engaging with the nervous system through somatic and experiential exercises. Cameron focuses largely on the narratives clients have created for themselves as it relates to their thoughts, emotions, and lived experiences. With such deeply integrative work, Cameron has clinical interests in couples and individual concerns that focus on gender, sexuality, and identity.